U-Th dating of speleothems with high initial 230Th using stratigraphical constraint

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-295

  Hellstrom, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALCITE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECISION; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 34548024368     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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